Northern lights in Luleå

The northern lights, Aurora Borealis, shrouded in magic and mystery, are the visible reaction of particles from the sun colliding with parts of the outer atmosphere, following the whims of the solar winds. The sparkling light experience in green, blue and sometimes even red, then sweeps over the dark night sky.

Conditions for northern lights in Luleå

It has to be sufficient solar energy tocreate aurorae in the atmosphere combined with theenergy impacting the atmosphere at an angle that is suitable for our location.

Clear skies or scattered clouds are required for the northern lights to be visible.

Choose an open and suitably dark place. Avoid well-lit places to any extent possible

There is no ‘timetable’. Northern lights may occur at any point during the hours of darkness and vary in duration.

Northern lights are visible in Luleå from late August until the first days of April. During the rest of the year, the skies are too bright for the phenomenon to be visible.